Dublin GAA Discussion Thread: Mod Note - No 'Dublin Dominance' chat allowed!

The voyeur made a good living out of not seeing stuff. But even he'd admit there was no elbow to the jaw as you claimed. McLoughlin copped one to the face already but it looked like the force of the shoulder and his own turning into it made it a lot worse than it should have been.

Two different things can be true at the same time. 1: we were well beaten today 2: COVID/Lockdown has disrupted Dublin's prep and Dessies plans. 2 does not take away from 1.

One thing that's hurt the possession game has been moving Kilkenny to the inside forwards. For years he was controlling the play playing deeper and to be honest, while his scoring wasn't as high the team were the better for it. We need to get him on the ball a lot more in games like today then we seen. Hopefully that's one change we see in the league next year.

Have to say that over the years that this Dublin team have been a pleasure to watch. Great teams know how to win but as importantly know how to lose gracefully. It is a pity that this didn’t happen today. Thought the ref was shocking today..it seems only in extra time someone told him what the black card was actually for. The John small hit was high and happened very quickly but the ref has a duty of care to all players and it was obvious that the Mayo player was in trouble and the game halted straight away as he did in the first half when a Dublin player got a heavy hit. Looking back most will agree wether they like Dublin or Mayo that this is what the GAA is all about and Dublin losing will give all teams fresh hope in the future…..I am not Morgan Freeman …..and I LOVE THE GAA

Neutral here and I actually thought it was a fair shoulder but he definitely went to crease him. The biggest issue I could see was that the ref let play run on rather than stopping play when McLoughlin was clearly lying prone on the ground. Thought Mccarthy letting the elbow back was the dirtiest stroke in the game to be honest. I got my nose broken in a similar incident in a club game.

Except 2 has disrupted every teams like Mayo also. Has not effected Dublin any differently

Having time to calm down......... What a journey they have taken Dublin GAA on in last 10 years. Go raibh mile maith agat.

Dublin are far from finished. Philly will go bu I think thats it. Comerford was superb all year and he can be as good as Cluxton was. Davy Byrne has been one of our stars and a mistake like that at any other time wouldn't even register with us.

Any time we see a team sit back with 35 minutes to go it is asking for trouble. Even with possession you still need to keep scoreboard ticking over and we didn't. We stopped going forward Mayo got a sniff and all of a sudden they their tails were up. Murchan was also a huge loss to us also in last 10 minutes. .

Dublin will come back from this but we need to blood 6/7 players in League. We are crying out for a natural ball player in the forwards. Considering the very good article from Jack Mc a few pages back we need to get players out of the gym and concentrating on their ability not bulking them up. We have some very big lads on panel but movement is vital.

Fair play to Mayo. They fully deserved their victory. With all they have been through over the last 70 years would be nice to see them go on and lift the cup.

Then go on to the other teams threads and let them know will ya. This one is about Dublin and in that context it's clear what was meant.

There. Was. No. Elbow. To. The. Head.

Can't be clearer than that for you.

Speaking of which, why was that 45 retaken?

It looked like Philly came on as a sub and ran on to the pitch. About 10/20 seconds later the 45 was taken and missed. Did philly stand too close to it?

far too slow, really tactically poor today, played into Mayo’s hands... Dublin are always most dangerous when moving the ball fast and dynamically... too much of our play and possession was in front of Mayo in the second half... would have liked to have seen more teamwork, running off the shoulder of the player in possession.

commit mayo to foul more but then again when the referee is ignoring that it’s irrelevant.

From the most exciting team ever to one of the dullest.. I wouldn't mind a balance in between.. Limit the amount of hand passing in football

Back in the early days of the 5 in a row Dublin played such open attacking football. Any idea why they changed that? They seemed to change that style prematurely.

If there is a split mergers of counties also have to be on the table. If the GAA as a whole really wants to move forwards. Won't happen in the next 40 years I would say.

I would disagree with you that Mayo were fortunate, they were clearly the better team on the day. It is not 'luck' that caused this defeat. It a combination of factors over the last few years which already have been elaborated on this thread, from the Dublin side of things.

And from the Mayo side of things they blooded their young lads two years ago, and they found a great bunch of players. Pace, energy and fearlessness. To call this a 'once in a blue moon' does a disservice to a great Mayo side. And a potentially legendary one.

It also does a disservice to the great Dublin core of a team that was involved in the seven in a row. As that core did fantastically well to keep showing the same level of hunger year, after year.

A core of Dublin players who will not only go down as legends in Gaelic football, but legends in Irish sport. They helped to revolutionize Gaelic games and they will be spoken of for many a decade in the future.